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Doug Moe: Comics editor got his start here

HERE’S MILTON Griepp on Jay Kennedy, the King Features Syndicate editor-in-chief and former Madisonian who drowned at 50 in a rip tide off Costa Rica last week:

“He was pleasant, upbeat, optimistic and a great guy to be around,” Griepp was saying Friday. “Super smart, an encyclopedic memory and relentless in pursuit of his goals.”

Also in this column: ….An art review in Friday’s Los Angeles Times gave posthumous credit to a well-liked and respected UW-Madison art professor in the critical early development of the renowned artist Bruce Nauman.